Career Training Path › Barber schools › Iowa
Barber schools in Iowa
Iowa has 1 accredited campuses awarding barber credentials. If you finish and work as a barber in Iowa, expect to start around $31,200–$31,960 and reach a median of $58,900 with experience; the top quarter earn $60,660 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Iowa). Graduates of these Iowa programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $16,195 in their first year, against $14,528 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What barbers earn in Iowa
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 130 employed in Iowa. National median: $38,210.
Campuses in Iowa, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: Cedar Falls
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls | for-profit | 23 | $16,195 | $12,000 | 52% | $17,247 |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.